International Olympic Committee (IOC)
IOC strips IBA of right to run Paris 2024 boxing competition, qualifiers
The International Olympic Committee executive board has stripped the International Boxing Association of the right to run the boxing competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics as well as the qualifiers for …
Salt Lake City set to shift Olympic bid focus to 2034
The team behind Salt Lake City’s bid to host the 2030 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games is set to shift its attention to the 2034 event following talks between the International Olympic Committee and U…
Webinar | Localising sports content to reach new audiences: the opportunities and the challenges
Localising sports media content to reach diverse markets is an important challenge for an increasing number of sports rights-holders and broadcasters.
IOC in talks with international federations over ‘non-compulsory’ branding at qualifier events
The International Olympic Committee and various international federations will soon introduce common branding at Olympic qualification events, but the use of the branding is not compulsory, according to…
Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing must wait until LA 2028 for IOC revenue share
The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF), the umbrella organisation for the summer Olympic federations, has amended its statutes to allow sports to receive a share of Olympic…
IOC officials inspect proposed 2030 Winter Olympics venues in Sapporo
International Olympic Committee officials yesterday began inspecting mooted competition venues in Sapporo for the Winter Olympics in 2030
IOC education initiative rolled out in Odisha
The Indian state of Odisha is to incorporate the Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP) into its school curriculum as part of one of the largest International Olympic Committee (IOC) initiatives in…
IOC posts revenues of $7.6bn for elongated Olympic cycle
The International Olympic Committee has declared revenues of $7.6bn (€7.2bn) for the 2017-21 Olympic cycle after the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics helped increase its revenues to $4.2
Kremlev’s IBA re-election draws questions from IOC, including Gazprom ‘financial dependency’
Russia’s Umar Kremlev has been re-elected as president of the International Boxing Association (IBA), a move which has attracted criticism from the International Olympic Committee amid the governing b…
IPC targeting sponsors with new Para Sport participation initiative
The International Paralympic Committee is targeting sponsors after launching a new grassroots-to-high-performance programme called Para Sport
Chesterman succeeds Coates as AOC president
Ian Chesterman has been elected as president of the Australian Olympic Committee
Buenos Aires 2018’s Larrosa named IOC digital engagement, marketing director
The International Olympic Committee has appointed Leandro Larrosa as director of digital engagement and marketing (DE&E)
IOC ‘exploring possibility’ of esports festival as Bach talks up Singapore’s hosting credentials
The International Olympic Committee and the Singapore National Olympic Council have announced they are “exploring the possibility” of staging a “festival of virtual sports and gaming” in Singapore next ye…
IOC member Gilady dies aged 79
Alex Gilady, a former International Olympic Committee official and senior television executive, has passed away at the age of 79
Lumme: 10-year TOP deal with Deloitte will help IOC’s D2C transition
The IOC’s 10-year sponsorship deal with Deloitte will help the organisation’s transition to becoming more of a direct-to-consumer business and aid its digital transformation, according to commercial chi…
CBC secures Olympic Games rights in Canada until 2032
The International Olympic Committee has awarded exclusive broadcast rights in Canada for the Olympic Games between 2026 and 2032 to public service broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada
Urban sports to be showcased in new IOC Olympic qualifier series
The International Olympic Committee has revealed plans to launch a new qualifier series, featuring the fledgling Olympic sports of BMX freestyle, breaking, skateboarding and sport climbing, for the 2024…
Killane: EBU heads into Olympics tender with ‘unity of purpose’
The European Broadcasting Union consortium is heading into the International Olympic Committee’s European broadcast rights sales process with a greater “unity of purpose” around the rights and combined digit…